Horror and Anguish
“The horror! The horror!” We all believe in the agonizing horror that has occurred in Africa since its colonization. After the colonization of Africa, Belgium had a tight, constricting hold on the Congo that negatively impacted them- and the rest Africa. Just when Africans thought that the tight hold on their continent was the worst to be faced, their resources were starting to be stolen by America and Europe. A ‘White Man’s Burden’ has also affected Africa in both times of colonization and in present day. In a novel by Joseph Conrad, he speaks of how the continent charmed him like a snake, and the Europeans seemed to have charmed- or at least attempted to charm- the Africans to gain hold of their continent. European colonists …show more content…
If it was not for the idea of ‘White Man’s Burden’ the colonization of Africa would not have happened at all. The ‘White Man’s Burden’ is an ideal that Europe used to spread European religion and culture to other places. This forced a change in religion, language, and culture deprives Africa of its own cultural diversity. In The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling, Kipling states, “Your new-caught, sullen peoples; Half-devil and half-child… To seek another’s profit; and work another’s gain.” (Kipling 1) Kipling’s use of words such as ‘new-caught’ and ‘half-devil, half-child’ show the colonizer’s mindsets towards Africans. Africans, or the colonized, were portrayed as some type of animals, people that are different and are dangerous. He also has a very specific use of the phrase ‘another’s profit’ and ‘another’s gain’ to show that the profit of one person or country is used to show the “White Man’s Burden.”The ‘White Man’s Burden’ has negatively affected Africa’s culture by Europeans believing they should spread their ideas because they are superior when they actually ended up stripping Africa of its own culture, thrusting their European beliefs down Africa’s throat instead of actually taking the time to consider that Africa’s culture is just as sophisticated as their
“The horror! The horror!” We all believe in the agonizing horror that has occurred in Africa since its colonization. After the colonization of Africa, Belgium had a tight, constricting hold on the Congo that negatively impacted them- and the rest Africa. Just when Africans thought that the tight hold on their continent was the worst to be faced, their resources were starting to be stolen by America and Europe. A ‘White Man’s Burden’ has also affected Africa in both times of colonization and in present day. In a novel by Joseph Conrad, he speaks of how the continent charmed him like a snake, and the Europeans seemed to have charmed- or at least attempted to charm- the Africans to gain hold of their continent. European colonists …show more content…
If it was not for the idea of ‘White Man’s Burden’ the colonization of Africa would not have happened at all. The ‘White Man’s Burden’ is an ideal that Europe used to spread European religion and culture to other places. This forced a change in religion, language, and culture deprives Africa of its own cultural diversity. In The White Man’s Burden by Rudyard Kipling, Kipling states, “Your new-caught, sullen peoples; Half-devil and half-child… To seek another’s profit; and work another’s gain.” (Kipling 1) Kipling’s use of words such as ‘new-caught’ and ‘half-devil, half-child’ show the colonizer’s mindsets towards Africans. Africans, or the colonized, were portrayed as some type of animals, people that are different and are dangerous. He also has a very specific use of the phrase ‘another’s profit’ and ‘another’s gain’ to show that the profit of one person or country is used to show the “White Man’s Burden.”The ‘White Man’s Burden’ has negatively affected Africa’s culture by Europeans believing they should spread their ideas because they are superior when they actually ended up stripping Africa of its own culture, thrusting their European beliefs down Africa’s throat instead of actually taking the time to consider that Africa’s culture is just as sophisticated as their